Transmission apparatus.



A. WINDEN. TBANSMESION APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED HAY 23, 1911.

1,009,204. Patented Nov. 21, 1911 2,3HEBTS-SHEET 1.

Witnesses A. WINDEN. TRANSMISSION APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED M11123, 1911.

- EETS-SHEET 2f Patented Nov; 21, 1911.

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Specification m- Le'ttcrs Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that l, ANDREW i /moan, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Mznlelia, in the county of Watonwan and State of lllinnesotu. hove invented 2?. new and useful Transmission Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for transmitting power and more particularly to mechanism of this character adapted. to be actuated by the drive Wheels of a motor vehicle whereby a vehicle of such. type may be employed 22s a means for driving may chinery of different kinds.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide apparatus of this character which simple in construction and on which the drive Wheels of the motor vehicle can be reiiclily placed, i neans being provided for holding the drive shaft of the mechanism againstrota'tion while the vehicle is being brought into position thereon.

A further object is to provide means whereby the mechanism can be quickly atljustecl to different sized (.lLlVE? wheels. I With .ihe foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combine. tion and arrangementof parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can he made within the scope of What is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre ferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings l*"igure l is a elevation of the apparatus, a portion of the motor vehicle being shown. in position there above, the loci: being removed. 2 is plan View of the ports shown in Fig. l, the drive wheels of the motor vehicle being shown in (lOliQtl lines. Fig. 3 is an enlargedverticul transverse section through. o, portion of the apparatus. Fig". l is on elevw tion of the locking wheel. 5 is :2, detail view of one of the bearing blocks mounted for filling movement. l ig. 6 is a detail n u. the loosing mechanism and showing it mi'li released.

Jficferring to the figures by characters of I'CfQZGIlC'c, l designates side sills which, if desired, can be mounted upon end supports 2, these supports heingconnectecl by cross strips 8 preferably inclined as shown and which serve to hold the sills in fixed relation to each other.

llearin oloclrs i are secured upon the sills 1 adjacent one end. and a, shaft 5 is journaletl therein ancl rolls '1" traddle upper edges of the sills eno. are echoed to slicle thereon, each of these blocks being provitlecl at its sides with longitudinal flanges S projecting under guide rails E) uretl to the side faces of the sills, the hearing clocks projecting between the sills and he rails. Each hearing block has a cap 10 fastener/l. thereon and e. shaft 11 is and is parallel with shaft 5, this shaft 11 carrying spools l2. )1. dish 13 is secured. to and whites with shaft 11 and has a series of openings 19': ex-

tending transversely therethrough, certain of these openings being designed to receive locking pins 15 which are slidahly mounted between one of the bearing blocks 7 and its cup 10. These pins are connected to a head it and a spring 1?- serves to draw the head toward the hearing block so as to normally project the pins 15. against the disk 13. A. shifting lever 18 is pivotolly mounted on the head and a spring 19 is connected to the lever and to the head and serves, When said head is drawn away from the atljacenthearing, to automatically shift lhe lever 18 about ts pivot so as to hold the head. and the pins 15 against movement toward the disk 13.

This arrangementof ports has been clearly indicated in Fig. 6.

A lever 23 is iulcrumcil upon one of the connecting strips 3 a 1d links 21. extend from line lever to the shall. 11, these. links being loosely connected to the shaft. Any suitable I tooihetl segment 22 and a pawl 23 may .ie ;orovirletl for the purpose of locking the i in any position to which it. V oe Lv'luSEOfi.

in using the appiii'atus herein described, lever l8 is swung so as to place its spring 19 nncl er slmess spring 1'? oromptly .(lrmvs the head 16 toward the adjiicent sill 1 so to force the pins i5 against disk 13.

then rotating; this dish certain of the 'apertures therein. Will he brought into register with the pins nntl the .pins will there fore move into the apertures and thus lock the shaft 11 against rotation. The motor vehicle to he nsecl for actuating the mechanism is then backed, onto the structure and with iis rear or propelling Wheels in engage- Bearing blocks shafts jtLlll'llilltJtl thereon, slidablc bearing boxes for one of the shafts, means tor shiftthe vehicle is started and power transmitted and nu-ans for locking one of the wheel enment with the spools 12 and, as these spools are locked against rotation, it will be apparent that the wheels can be caused to move readily onto thespools and over them and finally into contact with the rolls 6, these rolls and the spools thus cooperating to hold the propelling wheels of the vehicle in posi-v tion upon the apparatus. These propelling wheels have been indicated at A in Figs. 1 and It will be apparent of course that the shaft 11 can be shifted toward or away {mm the shaft 5 so as to fit the a aratus 0 wheels of different diameters. fter the wheels have been placed in position on the apparatus, the head 16 is drawn away from the sill 1 and lever 18 promptly swings about its pivot so as to lock the head against return movement. Pins 15 are thus withdrawn from engagement with disk 13 and shaft 11 is free to revolve when the motor on therefrom to the wheels A. A pulley 24: or the like may be secured to the shaft 11 and motion may be transmitted therefrom, as through a belt 25, to any suitable mechanism to be actuated.

When it is desired to remove the vehicle from the apparatus, it is merely necessary to lira lock the shaft 11 against rotation, after which, by rotating the wheels A, they can be caused to move off of the spools l2 and onto the ground.

What is claimed is 1. Apparatus for transmitting power, including a supporting structure, shafts journaled thereon, revoluble wheel engaging and supporting devices upon the shafts, means for shifting one of said shafts toward or away from the other shaft, means for locking said shafts against shifting jmovement,

gaging devices against rotation.

Apparatus for transmitting power, including a supporting structure, parallel: shafts journaled thereon, revolublc wheel supporting and engaging devices upon the shafts, means for shifting one of the shafts toward or away from the other shaft, means for holding said shaft against shifting movement, and means for locking said shiftable shaft against rotation.

3. Apparatus for transmitting power, including a supporting structure, parallel i i i l 1 Eng said shaft to vary the distance between l the two shafts, means for locking the shaft lll any position to which it may be moved,

and revoluble wheel engaging and supporting devices upon the shafts.

4. Apparatus for transmitting power,.ineluding a supporting structure, shafts mounted for rotation thereon, revoluble wheel engaging and supporting devices upon the shafts, a disk revoluble with one of said devices, spring controlled locking fingers normally engaging the disk to hold thesaid device against rotation, and means for locking the fingers out of engagement with the disk.

5. Apparatus for transmitting power, including connected side sills, bearing boxes straddling and slidably mounted on the sills, guide rails secured to the sills and extending across the boxes, means on said boxes and engaging the rails for holding said boxes against removal from the sills, a shaft journaled upon said bearing boxes, another shaft journa'led upon the sills, means for shifting the movable boxes to vary the distance between the shafts, rcvoluble wheel supporting and engaging devices carried by the shafts, and means for locking one of the shafts against rotation.

6. Apparatus for transmitting power including a supporting structure, parallel shafts journaled thereon, slidable bearing boxes for one of the shafts, means for shifting said boxes to vary'the distance between the two shafts, means for locking the said shiftable shaft in any position to which it may be moved. and revoluble wheel engaging devices upon'the shafts cooperating to support a wheel with its axis in a plane extending vertically between the axes of said devices.

7. Apparatus for transmitting power, including a supporting structure, parallel shafts journalcd thereon, means for shifting one of said sl'iafts to vary the distance between the two shafts, means for locki'ng the said shaft; in any position to which it may be moved, means for locking said shaft against rotation, and revoluble wheel engaging devices upon the shafts and cooperating in support a wheel of a motor vehicle with its axis in a vertical plane extending between the axes of the said devices.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

A DRE WINDEN.

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